Ball bearing



Dec. 15, 1925 1,565,330

- w. 5. ROGERS BALL BEARING Filed Jan. 1925 Patented #5 9 p j i UNITED s'rarss cor,

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Application filed January? 15, 1925. Serial No. 2,572.

Touall whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, WINFIELD S. Rooms, ,a citizen of the United States, residing at Bantam, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements-in Ball .Bearings, of which the folldwing is a specification. This invention relates to ball bearings, and more especially to that type which contains facilities for bearing a thrust load in addition to a capability for receiving radial pressure.

,The principal object is to provide a combined radial and thrust bearing with an especially effective closure, that is more than ordinarily secure and durable. Another object is to provide a ball bearing that can be assembled only by a manufacturer possessing special facilities therefor and which is incapable of unintentional dismemberment. A further object is to provide a ball hearing that is easy to assemble and which re- Eires no inspection after assembly. Astill" rther object is to provide a ball bearing that requires no device for the retention ofgiving ad its bearing balls themselves.-

,To accomplish these objects, I have provided an outer bearing'ring containing an inner annular ball-race, one portion of'said. outer rig being annularly thicker than the other portion, said thicker gortion forming an annular shoulderfor sai to form a bearing for. the balls at a proximately one-third of their .ci'rcum erence.

Said outer ring is exteriorly annularly inset at the ,peripheryof its thinner edge, and V a pressed steel flanged ring whose inner di-- ameter is less than the outer diameter of said inset portion, is made to exactlyfit said inset by a process of heat-exjignsionof said ring and its subsequent shrin tion on said inset rtion-of said outer aring-ring. The anged portion of, said flanged ring proyides'a cover which holds be the balls in place. The inner bearing-ring or spool is also thicker at one portion of its annular width, the added thickness producing a shoulder which somewhat projects over the said ba1ls,- on the side posite to the race just described, thus a ording a modified thrust-bearing for that side also.

In the drawings, Figure 1 1s a rear section view of the assembled device; Figure 2 is ball-race so asng' into osian edge view -of the same; Figure 3 is an edge'and sectional view of the flanged ring or .cap; Figure 4 is an edge and sectional View of the outer bearing ring; Figure 5 is I an edgeand sectional view of the inner bearmg ring or spool; Figure-16 is a sectional view of aball-spacer of familiar de'sign;

and Figure '1 is a cross-section-taken on the line 7'7 of Figure 1.'

The numeral 1 representsthe outer bearing-ring, 8 the race-way therein, 7 its reduced portion or inset, 2 the-flangedrin'g or cap, 3' the inner bearin -ring or spool,5'

a ball-spacer, 4 the per orations therein, 6

the balls, and 9 the race-way on 3. v The ball-spacer 5 may be used if desired;

spacer is unimportant:

It will be observed, from Figure 7, that the enlarged inner portion of the outer racering furnishes a portion of the race-way,

but with this type of retainer the use of a thus rendering the device capable of bearing a thrust-load from one direction. It is also obvious that the enlarged outer portion of the inner bearing-ring 3 also provides .a shoulder o posite to the one just described, ed bearing-space to the race-way thereon. I From the foregoing, it will be seen that I'ha've provided a perfect thrust-bearing,

while the radical load is also well distrib-.

'uted. "It is also apparent that an extremely tight and durable closure is efiected,

which cannot be unintentionally disturbed.

The'unique method herein described for re-' taining the balls and inner bearing-ring, combines strength, durability and 'neatness, to a high de It is possi 16 scribed or the flanged rin' or cap so at-\ ,tachedis impossible of ref oval except by violence, H d, after such removal, it. would be unfit for re-use.

In Qassmb 7 the dance, a; the installation ofthe aring-balls 6, a simple test ispossible ,b spinning them with a tum of the inner ing-ringB, after which no toforce a ring or cap into pl'aceas shown, by pressure means further inspection is required. The cap 2 is then laced in position, and the article is ready Er use. This afl'ords 'an economy which will be appreciated, as inspection is ordinarily one of the outstandi-n in the expense of manufacturing suc prod- Having fully described my invention, I claim:

-1. A. ball-bearing comprising an outer rin having an interior annular shoulder an a ball-race of which said shoulder forms a portion, the opposite edge'of said outer ring exteriorly provided with an annular inset, an inner race-ring having an exterior annular shoulder and a ball-race of which said shoulder forms a portion, balls rotatable between said races, a flanged ring whose inner diameter is less than the outer diameter of said inset, said flanged portion, at a righ -angle to its .ring rojecting over sald balls, and said flan ed portion being molecularly expanded by mat and shrunken to fit said inset portion of said outer bearing-rlng, thus preventing the component members from being dis-assembled, and thereby forming a complete bearing unit.

2. A ball-bearing comprising an outer earing-ring, an inner bearing ring, balls rotatable in races therebetween, said outer bearing-ring being annularly inset at the periphery of one edge thereof, a flanged ring the flanged portion of which is of less items I component parts, and to thereby provide an bers 41 3L A combined radial and thrust ballbearing comprising an outer ring havlng an interior annular shoulder and a ballrace of which said shoulder forms a portion,

the opposite ed e of, said outer ring ex- 4;

terior y provide with an annularinsegan inner race-ring having an exterior innular shoulder and a ball-race of which said shoulder forms a portion, balls rotatable between said races, a flanged ring the flanged portion of which has an inner diam eterless than the outer diameter of said inset, said flanged portion being at a rightangle to the portion projecting over the said balls, said flan ed portion being molecularly expanded by eat and allowed'to shrinkt said inset portion of said outer race-ring so as to complete the positive and permanent assembly of the ball-bearing and its exterior whose diameter is uniform through out. v 4 1 In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my signature.

WINFIELD s; ROGERS. 

